Rating:
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CM - Sage Creek Trestle

Fergus County, Montana

Photos 

Looking south

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in May 2014

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BH Photo #283310

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Massive steel trestle over Sage Creek on Central Montana Railway
Location
Fergus County, Montana
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Central Montana Railway (CM)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 1,698.0 ft.
Also called
MILW Sage Creek Trestle
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.25525, -109.75696   (decimal degrees)
47°15'19" N, 109°45'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/594051/5234279 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hoosac
Inventory number
BH 56173 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Ballasted Deck (151)
Burlington Northern Railroad (461)
Central Montana Railway (4)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,024)
Deck girder (5,742)
Fergus County, Montana (28)
Girder (10,231)
Montana (802)
 Open (39,882)
Owned by railroad (12,414)
Plate girder (7,920)
Railroad (15,410)
Steel Trestle (151)
Tall Bridges (324)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,884)

Update Log 

  • May 9, 2014: New photos from Nathan Morton
  • May 20, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Ballasted Deck"
  • May 19, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Burlington Northern Railroad"
  • May 8, 2013: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Tall Bridges"
  • May 6, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected location
  • May 5, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Central Montana Railway", "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad", "railroad"

Sources 

  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
  • Luke
  • Chris Guenzler
  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

CM Sage Creek Trestle
Posted May 8, 2013, by Don Morrison

No problem, John;

It's sometimes hard to tell what's what from way up here in the satellite.

I don't see that the Indian Creek or Judith River trestles have been added yet, by the way.

CM Sage Creek Trestle
Posted May 7, 2013, by Dylan VanAntwerp (dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com)

I stand corrected. Serves me right for assuming that there was only one large trestle near a town I've never seen in a state I've never visited.

CM Sage Creek Trestle
Posted May 5, 2013, by Don Morrison

Hmm......

..... the Sage Creek trestle appears to be about 4 miles in a generally northerly direction up the tracks from the Indian Creek trestle, at 47.255524,-109.756765.

CMR Sage Creek Trestle
Posted May 5, 2013, by Dylan VanAntwerp (dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com)

According to topographical maps and also Google maps, the creek crossed is actually called Indian Creek; however, two different sources on railpictures.net list the bridge as the Sage Creek Trestle. Perhaps Sage Creek is another name used locally, or maybe the maps are wrong.